O’Shaquie Foster (23-3, 12 KOs) says he received’t give Robson Conceicao (19-3-1, 9 KOs) a rematch after dethroning him of his WBC tremendous featherweight title on Saturday night time in Verona, New York, on the Turning Stone Resort On line casino.
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Foster needs to struggle a unification bout subsequent towards the winner of the December seventh rematch between WBO tremendous featherweight champion Emanuel Navarrete and Oscar Valdez.
The Prime Rank-promoted Foster received a 12-round break up determination, successful by the scores:
– 115-113- Foster
– 115-113 – Foster
– 115-113 – Conceicao
“There received’t be no trilogy as a result of I beat him the primary time. I simply needed to do it once more,” stated O’Shaquie Foster to the media when requested if he’ll struggle Conceicao once more to clear up the controversy over tonight’s struggle, which followers imagine he ought to have misplaced.
Tonight’s struggle wasn’t a formidable sufficient one for Foster to make a case the place he must be struggle the winner of the Navarrete-Valdez struggle. It was too boring tonight, primarily becaue of the motion that Foster was utilizing. The gang was booing once more like final time, however they gave the impression to be directing that towards Foster.
“I’m trying ahead to Navarrete and Valdez. It wouldn’t make no sense to me. I beat him the primary time. He received an early Christmas reward,” stated Foster about his refusal to provide Conceicao a rematch. “We ran it again, and I received it again.
“Final night time, I outboxed him. This time, I walked him down.”
Foster wasn’t strolling Conceicao down—that’s the entire drawback. He was coming ahead and being outpunched by Conceicao. It was ineffective aggression by a fighter who doesn’t know easy methods to press as a result of he’s been a defensive, backfoot fighter his whole profession.
“I didn’t knock him out, however y’all see that he was going to carry the guarantee second half of the struggle. I used to be proud of the choice. He was backing up and simply making an attempt to outlive the final a part of the struggle. I may see that I used to be controlling the rounds.
“I needed to get him out of there. So I’m a bit upset with myself,” stated Foster.
